Antigenic divergence of Bordetella pertussis isolates in Taiwan.

abstract：:Norwalk virus (NV) and the Norwalk-like viruses are important human pathogens that cause epidemic acute viral gastroenteritis. Current techniques used to recover NV from clinical samples involve multistep viral extraction and elution procedures with subsequent viral detection by reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR). In ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schwab KJ,Estes MK,Neill FH,Atmar RL

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metarhizium viride has been associated with fatal systemic mycoses in chameleons, but subsequent data on mycoses caused by this fungus in reptiles are lacking. The aim of this investigation was therefore to obtain information on the presence of M. viride in reptiles kept as pets in captivity and its association with c...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Schmidt V,Klasen L,Schneider J,Hübel J,Pees M

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Food and Drug Administration published a public health warning on the association of bacterial meningitis and cochlear implants in June 2002. This article reports the first case of group A streptococcal (GAS) meningitis in a cochlear-implanted patient, followed by a review on cochlear implantation and GAS meningit...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pettersen G,Ovetchkine P,Tapiero B

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amplification of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA by L1 consensus primer systems (e.g., MY09/11 or GP5(+)/6(+)) can detect as few as 10 to 100 molecules of HPV targets from a genital sample. However, genotype determination by dot blot hybridization is laborious and requires at least 27 separate hybridizations for substa...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Gravitt PE,Peyton CL,Apple RJ,Wheeler CM

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detection of Staphylococcus aureus isolates with intermediate vancomycin susceptibility (VISA) and heteroresistance (hVISA) remains problematic. The population analysis profile/area under the curve (PAP/AUC) is the gold standard but is cumbersome. We compared the performance of two Etest screening methods (macromethod...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Riederer K,Shemes S,Chase P,Musta A,Mar A,Khatib R

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Declining malaria transmission and known difficulties with current diagnostic tools for malaria, such as microscopy and rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) in particular at low parasite densities, still warrant the search for sensitive diagnostic tests. Molecular tests need substantial simplification before implementation i...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Mens PF,de Bes HM,Sondo P,Laochan N,Keereecharoen L,van Amerongen A,Flint J,Sak JR,Proux S,Tinto H,Schallig HD

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The new colorimetric Vitek 2 YST card was evaluated for identification of yeasts (136 strains) with respect to the influence of different source media. The Vitek 2 YST card achieved satisfactory results for all yeast species tested, with the exception of Candida guilliermondii, Candida norvegensis, Candida parapsilosi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Valenza G,Strasen J,Schäfer F,Frosch M,Kurzai O,Abele-Horn M

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The specificity of Mycobacterium kansasii anti-mycoside A antiserum prepared in rabbits injected with purified samples of the phenolic glycolipid was evaluated by an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Chloroform-methanol extracts from representative strains of 23 mycobacterial species and 50 strains of M. kansasii sho...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Papa F,Riviere M,Fournié JJ,Puzo G,David H

更新日期：1987-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Candida parapsilosis is an increasing cause of bloodstream infections (BSIs) in neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). It has been a persistent problem in the NICU of Hospital for Children and Adolescents, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, since 1987. Fluconazole prophylaxis has been used to con...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Sarvikivi E,Lyytikäinen O,Soll DR,Pujol C,Pfaller MA,Richardson M,Koukila-Kähkölä P,Luukkainen P,Saxén H

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During lyssavirus surveillance, 1,221 bats of at least 30 species were collected from 25 locations in Kenya. One isolate of Lagos bat virus (LBV) was obtained from a dead Eidolon helvum fruit bat. The virus was most similar phylogenetically to LBV isolates from Senegal (1985) and from France (imported from Togo or Egy...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kuzmin IV,Niezgoda M,Franka R,Agwanda B,Markotter W,Beagley JC,Urazova OY,Breiman RF,Rupprecht CE

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Burkholderia pseudomallei is the causative agent of melioidosis. In northeast Thailand, this gram-negative bacterium is a major cause of mortality from septicemia. The definitive diagnosis of this disease is made by bacterial culture. In this study, we produced a monoclonal antibody (MAb) specific to the 30-kDa protei...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Pongsunk S,Thirawattanasuk N,Piyasangthong N,Ekpo P

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human erythrocyte receptor which mediates mannose-resistant hemagglutination by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli possessing colonization factor antigen II is not universally distributed among donors. Mannose-resistant hemagglutination-positive erythrocytes are more common among black donors than nonblack donors; t...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Evans DJ Jr,Evans DG,Diaz SR,Graham DY

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Panels of hepatitis B virus surface antigen-positive sera from drug abusers were used to evaluate 14 commercial enzyme immunoassays from six companies for detecting hepatitis delta virus (HDV) markers. For detecting hepatitis delta virus antigen (HDAg), the Wellcome, Pasteur and Noctech assays had 100% sensitivity for...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Shattock AG,Morris MC

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PCR primers targeting loci in the current Burkholderia cepacia complex multilocus sequence typing scheme were redesigned to (i) more reliably amplify these loci from B. cepacia complex species, (ii) amplify these same loci from additional Burkholderia species, and (iii) enable the use of a single primer set per locus ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Spilker T,Baldwin A,Bumford A,Dowson CG,Mahenthiralingam E,LiPuma JJ

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic studies of serogroup 6 isolates ofStreptococcus pneumoniaeidentified putative serotype 6E. Although its capsular polysaccharide structure has not been elucidated, putative serotype 6E is described in an increasing number of studies as a potentially new serotype. We show here that SPEC6B, which is widely used a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Burton RL,Geno KA,Saad JS,Nahm MH

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen Rhizomucor miehei and Rhizomucor pusillus isolates were assayed for their ability to utilize 87 various substrates as a single carbon source. Besides a difference in sucrose utilization, distinctive differences were found in the utilization of glycine, phenylalanine, and beta-alanine. Five isoenzyme systems a...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Vastag M,Papp T,Kasza Z,Vágvölgyi C

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine sensitivity and specificity of immunofluorescence assay (IFA) for detection of Helicobacter pylori, we studied 151 patients. Biopsies of gastric mucosae were obtained for culture, histological testing, and IFA. H. pylori serum antibodies were tested by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. IFA was done on Fo...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rivera E,López-Vidal Y,Luqueño V,Ruiz-Palacios GM

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification of clinical isolates of Nocardia to the species level is important for defining the spectrum of disease produced by each species and for predicting antimicrobial susceptibility. We evaluated the usefulness of PCR amplification of a portion of the Nocardia 16S rRNA gene and subsequent restriction endonuc...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Conville PS,Fischer SH,Cartwright CP,Witebsky FG

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA probes (Gen-Probe, San Diego, Calif.) directed at the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and Mycobacterium avium-M. intracellulare complex were used to identify acid-fast bacilli directly from specimens grown in BACTEC 12B bottles (Becton Dickinson and Co., Towson, Md.). Clinical specimens were inoculated directly...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Peterson EM,Lu R,Floyd C,Nakasone A,Friedly G,de la Maza LM

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We found 31 different emm-toxin genotypes among 74 group A streptococcal isolates causing invasive infections in French children. The predominant emm types were emm1 (25%), emm3 (8%), emm4 (8%), emm6 (7%), and emm89 (9%). Sixteen percent of isolates harbored the streptococcal invasive locus, half of them belonging to ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Bidet P,Courroux C,Salgueiro C,Carol A,Mariani-Kurkdjian P,Bonacorsi S,Bingen E

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of 1% unmodified rice starch and 1% horse serum instead of 2% soluble starch and 5% serum in Granada medium is described. These components result in a medium of increased stability, preventing spoilage after a few days of storage at room temperature. ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Rosa-Fraile M,Rodríguez-Granger J,Camacho-Muñoz E,Sampedro A

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is an increasing health problem worldwide. Quantitative assays for HCV viral load are valuable in predicting response to therapy and for following treatment efficacy. Unfortunately, most quantitative tests for HCV RNA are limited by poor sensitivity. We have developed a convenient, hi...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Cook L,Ng KW,Bagabag A,Corey L,Jerome KR

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a sensitive assay for Treponema pallidum subsp. pallidum (T. pallidum), the agent of veneral syphilis, based upon the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). A 658-bp portion of the gene encoding the 47-kDa membrane immunogen was amplified, and the PCR products were probed by DNA-DNA hybridization with a 49...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Burstain JM,Grimprel E,Lukehart SA,Norgard MV,Radolf JD

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of class D extended-spectrum oxacillinases (ES-OXAs) in ceftazidime-resistant strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is often underestimated by double-disk synergy tests (DDST) using clavulanate. A DDST with a customized distance between a disk of ceftazidime or cefepime and inhibitors (clavulanate and imipe...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Hocquet D,Dehecq B,Bertrand X,Plésiat P

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 44-year-old diabetic female presented to a hospital in Jamaica with thermal burns. Trichosporon asahii was isolated from facial wounds, sputum, and a meningeal swab. Dissemination of the fungus was demonstrated in stained histological sections of the meninges and a brain abscess at autopsy. Pure growth of the fungus...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Heslop OD,Nyi Nyi MP,Abbott SP,Rainford LE,Castle DM,Coard KC

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ehrlichia chaffeensis is an obligatory intracellular bacterium of monocytes and macrophages and the etiologic agent of human monocytic ehrlichiosis, an emerging zoonosis. The Lone Star tick (Amblyomma americanum) has been implicated as the primary vector of E. chaffeensis. The present study examined the sensitivity of...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Felek S,Unver A,Stich RW,Rikihisa Y

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, 102 herpes simplex virus isolates were typed by cell culture selection (chicken embryo cells and guinea pig embryo cells [CE/GPE]), (E)-5-(2-bromovinyl)-2'-deoxyuridine (BVDU) sensitivity, plaque reduction neutralization, and indirect immunofluorescence staining techniques. The percentages of agreement ...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Zheng ZM,Mayo DR,Hsiung GD

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meningococcal disease is normally suspected on clinical grounds and is confirmed by isolation of Neisseria meningitidis bacteria from blood or cerebrospinal fluid or, more recently, by serology or PCR of cerebrospinal fluid. Achieving confirmation of a clinical diagnosis of meningococcal disease has become more diffic...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Newcombe J,Cartwright K,Palmer WH,McFadden J

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A modified CAMP test was used to identify 973 Vibrio cholerae isolates by phenotype. Eltor and non-O1 strains were CAMP positive; classical strains were CAMP negative. Sausage-shaped zones of hemolysis of eltor strains were easily distinguished from narrower bands of non-O1 isolates. For O1 isolates, there was 100% ag...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Lesmana M,Subekti D,Tjaniadi P,Pazzaglia G

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rotavirus serotype G9 is recognized as the most widespread of the emerging serotypes, emerging since 1996 as a frequent cause of severe acute gastroenteritis in children from many countries covering all continents of the world. This study characterized serotype G9 strains collected in three widely separated Australian...

journal_title：Journal of clinical microbiology

authors： Kirkwood C,Bogdanovic-Sakran N,Palombo E,Masendycz P,Bugg H,Barnes G,Bishop R

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00